In his article, The Rise and Fall of Professional Journalism, McChesney discusses how the media has progressed to be what it is today. He claims that there are two fundamental roles that the media was built on: (1) to be a watchdog of those who are in power and those who want to be in…
In chapter 6 of Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture, Sternheimer discusses the controversial topic of pop culture’s promiscuity and the effects it has on today’s youth. She presents the argument that although sex may be more present than ever in popular culture, young people are not nearly as sexually active as many fear. The…
The recent technological advances that have taken place over the past century have forever changed the way we receive and process information. Before the printing press, most people did not think of information as trash to filter through. However, the amount of information that we now have at our fingertips greatly overwhelms the amount of…
In Chapter 3 of Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture, Sternheimer challenges the paranoia of the Internet causing dangerous trends in youth culture. Although new media has changed our culture and the way people communicate and navigate relationships, Sternheimer argues that there is no solid proof that it is responsible for spiking harmful trends. In fact,…
Society is constantly exposing us to media messages whether we are conscious of it or not. From the music we hear to the advertisements we try to ignore, we are constantly consuming these persuasive messages. Media literacy is the ability to critically analyze these messages and is a crucial skill to learn to navigate through the chaos…
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